Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday triggered a controversy by comparing JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar with freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. During his over 43-minute long speech at JNU campus, Tharoor said, “Bhagat Singh was a young man in his 20s with Marxist beliefs who had great passion for motherland. Kanhaiya has same qualities in common.” This evoked sharp reaction from the Opposition with the BJP leader and actor Paresh Rawal criticising Tharoor’s IQ. Rawal tweeted, “At the cost of repeating myself I must say @shashiTharoor IQ is lower than his shoe size